https://freerepublic.com/tag/bankruptcity/ en-us Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:17:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3119955/posts (Reuters) - Residents of bankrupt San Bernardino, California on Tuesday voted to complete a rout of the city's pro-union old guard, electing business-friendly pragmatists who have pledged to try to reduce pension costs and take on vested interests. As San Bernardino enters into a fourth month of mediation with its creditors, the biggest of which is Calpers, California's giant retirement system, voters on Tuesday elected Carey Davis as the crisis-hit city's new mayor. Davis, a businessman and political novice, ran in part on a campaign to reduce the city's pension obligations. In an interview in November, when he became one... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3119955/posts#comment Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:17:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2833287/posts CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- When the state stepped in to take over financially struggling Central Falls in 2010, Rhode Island's smallest city lost something fundamental: its democratic government. Mayor Charles Moreau would be forced to give back his key to City Hall, and the City Council was relegated to advisory status - unsure for months whether it was even allowed to convene. "They're being governed without elected representation," state Sen. Elizabeth Crowley said of Central Falls' 19,000 residents. "That flies in the face of the democratic principle that our country is founded on, not only our little city. Maybe we... sac bee https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2833287/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:28:05 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/830437/posts Politics New Hapshire.com has learned that Representatve Dennis Kucinich (Democrat-Ohio) sent out a letter to Iowa labor leaders last week saying he will form a Presidential exploratory committee.Sources say that Kucinich will visit Iowa next week and possibly attend two labor conventions there.Politics New Hampshire doesn't have any record of Kucinich trips to New Hampshire. The National Journal's Hotline and Politics New Hampshire.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/830437/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:33:34 GMT